POLG-related diseases disrupt the function of the mitochondria, or "powerhouses" of the cell — starving them of energy.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have uncovered why some patients with a rare genetic ...
The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 on oral conditions represents a landmark moment ...
New findings show that the mitochondria powering our cells also control the ability of a DNA repair protein to suppress the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), which causes zombie-like ...
June 10, 2024 — Scientists have grown 'mini-guts' in the lab to help understand Crohn's disease, showing that 'switches' that modify DNA in gut cells play an ... Major Cause of Inflammatory ...
Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn't unheard of—tobacco has been used as a herbal medicine in the past. But now ...
The man’s case didn’t give rise to any widespread variant, but it gave Gupta, with his HIV evolution background, the idea ...
Dziopa et al. identify and rank non-traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes. Findings reveal key predictors of future cardiovascular events such as self ...
All types of radiation become less intense as they travel further away from the radioactive material. This is because the particles or rays become more spread out. The thicker the substance, the ...
An equation is a statement with an equals sign, stating that two expressions are equal in value, for example \(3x + 5 = 11\) Solving an equation means finding the value or values for which the two ...